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10 THINGS MISSIONARIES WON’T TELL YOU (and pastors, and church goers and...)

This post is a summary and link to Adam Mosley's (lead pastor - Trinity Vineyard Church - Kenya) post.

Too often we do not appreciate our pastor, evangelist, missionary enough. They are there, they have a job to do and they must be there when we call on them. After all they are God's representative, they are not allowed to have issues, to get tired, to be in need or just want some peace and quiet for themselves. I recently returned from working in Mozambique and I was always amazed at our pastor's energy (Praise Assembly, Maputo). He has his own business to fund himself and is full-time pastor of the congregation. I am sure some of these apply to him as well.

Here are the main points of Adam's post:

1. THEY DON’T HAVE THE TIME OR ENERGY TO WRITE…BUT THEY DO IT FOR YOU. 
2. FACEBOOK “LIKES” DON’T PAY THE BILLS.
3. THEY ASK FOR MONEY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO CHOICE.
4. YOU’LL NEVER HEAR ABOUT THEIR WORST DAYS.
5. THEY NEED A VACATION…BUT WON’T TELL YOU IF THEY TAKE ONE.
6. HOSTING TEAMS IS A NIGHTMARE.
7. “GOING HOME” IS A LOT OF WORK.
8. IT’S EASY FOR GOD TO TAKE A BACK SEAT IN THEIR LIFE.
9. IT’S HARD TO TRUST PEOPLE.
10. THEY ARE LONELY.
Full post here here. I am posting part of it above because Adam is having bandwidth issues in the site.
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